Danny Murphy: Why Chelsea can win Champions League next season

That is according to pundit and former Premier League star Danny Murphy.

Chelsea are seven points clear at the top of the table with seven games remaining.

They are set to win the title for the second time in three years after finishing 10th last campaign.

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Danny Murphy believes Antonio Conte can win the Champions League at Chelsea next year

“Their best XI could compete with any of the sides I have seen this year”

Danny Murphy on Chelsea

The Blues have not had European football this season which many believe has put them at an advantage in the title race.

But Murphy thinks once they are back in the Champions League, they can go all the way.

“Chelsea will certainly be competing in Europe’s top competition next season and, from what I have seen of the Champions League this term, they will challenge for the trophy next season,” he wrote in the Evening Standard.

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“Their best XI could compete with any of the sides I have seen this year.”

Chelsea have reached the Champions League final twice, in 2008 and 2012.

They lost to Manchester United in their first but beat Bayern Munich four years later.